On 22 April 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, will take part in the meeting of the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. This is the new Foreign Minister’s…
On 19 April 2024, the Saeima (Parliament) voted to endorse Baiba Braže as Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Baiba Braže, a career diplomat, joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993. In her…
On 16 April, 2024, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andris Pelšs, attended the informal extraordinary video conference of the European Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The…
Honourable Minister of Climate and Energy of Latvia, Mr. Kaspars Melnis Honourable State Secretary of the MFA of Latvia, Mr. Andris Pelšs Honourable Mr. Jim Skea, Chair of the IPCC Honourable Mr…
On 16 April 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, by an absolute majority of votes cast, elected Artūrs Kučs as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) in…
On 16 April 2024, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andris Pelšs, took part in the launch of the Scoping Meeting for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities by the…
On 15 April 2024, the Ambassador at Large, Director of the UNSC Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrejs Pildegovičs, and the Ambassador at Large Kārlis Eihenbaums met with the Vice…
On 11 April 2024, the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD DAC) released initial Official Development Assistance (ODA) statistics for…
On 11 April 2024, the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed the Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and Ukraine on Long-Term Support…
On 10 April 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Agreement on Technical and Financial Cooperation between the Government of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The Agreement…